Simon ARMITAGE Poet. For services to Literature.Dr Michael LONGLEY Poet. For services to Literature.Marguerite, Mrs PATTEN, OBE Cookery Writer. For services to the Food Industry.Susan Carroll, Lady SAINSBURY For services to the Royal Shakespeare Company and to the Arts.

Officers of the Order of the British Empire

Ms Susan BRADBURY Lately Editor-in-Chief, Folio Society. For services to the Publishing Industry.Brian CLEMENS Screenwriter. For services to Broadcasting and to Drama.Ms Wendy COPE Poet. For services to Literature.Barry CUNNINGHAM Chief Publisher and Managing Director, Chicken House Books. For services to the Publishing Industry.Ms Bonnie GREER Playwright, Author and Critic. For services to the Arts.James HERBERT Author. For services to Literature.Julian PETTIFER For services to Journalism and to Wildlife Conservation.Professor Rodney Paul STURGES For services to Libraries in the UK and Overseas.

Members of the Order of the British Empire

Miss Moira Elizabeth ARTHUR Lately Managing Director, Peters Bookselling Services. For services to Children's Libraries.Jeremy Robert COWHIG Managing Director, Institute of Physics Publishing. For services to Science.John Alexander FULLERTON For services to Sports Journalism and to the community in Northern Ireland.Philip WALTERS For services to the Educational Publishing Industry.